The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-06
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters OF Money and Management
About Various Lines.


Mr.. John Coyne has declined the offer of
Division Superintendent of the Charlotte
Harbor section of the Florida Southern rail
road, rendered him by Manager Conant.
A large assemblage of the Louisville,
Tenn, people met there July 80 to express
their approval of the proposed Knoxville
Southern Railway Company. Resolutions
favorable to the road were passed
Capt. Joe Marzyck goes to New York to-
day to purchase two engines and other ma
chinery, TO be used in building docks and
warehouses for the South Florida railroad
at Black Point twelve miles below Tampa,
to which point the road is being extended.
Capt. J. S. Callahan, the popular conduc-
tor on the Louisville and Nashville road,
has had quite q severe attack OF fever since
he got the shaking up in the collision near
OXmour. He returned from Blount Springs
Sunday night and expects to resume his run
the latter part of this week The Captain
was telling how some of the passengers ran
over him while trying to get out of the cars
at the time OF the collision when one of his
auditors asked why he did not lie down and
prevent it-by running a blockade, so to
say.
The extension of the South Florida rail-
road from Tampa to Black Point, on the
Gulf, is being pushed forward rapidly, over
1870 hands being employed The wharf at
Black Point will extend 300 feet out into
the bay. All the material for its construc-
ton will have TO be RATED around from
Tampa. The bridge across the Hilisborouch
at Tampa, will be begun soon. The piling
will all be creosoted 1t will be a draw
bridge with two openings of 50 feet each,
the draw being lS0feet over all The bridge
aud trestle approaches will be l 100 feet
long. a large amount of money will be ex-
pended in the construction of this extension
and the wharves at Black Point.
The recent railroad accident by which a
train ran into a section of Italian wolkmen
near New York and killed dozen or moro
has developed that great numbers of Italians
are employed in this character of work in
America, and are in charge of padronos who
care for them and grow wealthy cut of
their scanty earnings, importing them for
the purpose from the northern part OF Italy,
where the poorer classes Of Italians inhabit.
They remain long enough to Law by, with
long practiced frugality, $500 or $500, with
which they return TO Italy, where this sum
is competency. The Erie road alone has
over 800 in its employ, who earn from $50
to s35 per month, and live on IS and less.
At the end of two years they go home.
Last Monday Capt. Blandford and his
corps of engineers, surveyors, etc, reached
Cochran on their return survey Of the pro-
jected railroad from Dublin to Hawkins
vile, which is a part of. the Savannah,
Dublin and Western Short Line The route
was parallel with tho Hawl1insville branch
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railway, and distant, on the southeast side
of the branch road, on an average of a few
hundred yards. 1t crossed the railway there
at the Green place, between the residence Of
Mr.. Charley Mullis and the college. The
party worked till near night, accompanied
through town 10y large delegation of citi-
zens, and met at the Grmsley Hotel where
at s o'clock they were handsomely enter
tanned by some fifty of the citizens.